Bowl-hanger



N. L. COHN.

BOWL HANGER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 5.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

UTED STATES NATHAN L. COHN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOWL-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed June 5, 1919. Serial Nb. 302,039.

To all whom) it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN L. Conn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bowl-Hangers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to hangers for thebowls of electric light fixtures of the semiindirect or indirect radiation types, and my object is to provide a hanger capable of ap-' plication to numerous sizes and styles of bowls without making any adjustments, thus efi'ecting great saving in time and trouble over the devices now commonly used.

With the foregoing object in view, the invention resides in the novel construction of the hanger hereinafter described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a side elevation showing several of the hangers applied.-

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view with parts in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a perspective "iew of one of the hangers detached.

The improved hanger includes a vertical arm 1 having a hook or the like 2 onits upper end for attaching it to a chain or other suspending device 3, while the lower end of said arm is provided with a book 4 to hook under the outwardly turned rim 5 of the bowl 6. A short distance above the hook 4, the arm 1 is provided with a lateral ear 7 which extends over said hook, and one or more ears 8 on a second arm 9, are pivoted at 10 to said ear 7.

The arm 9 extends above the ears 7 and 8 and is provided with a vertical slot 11 through which a screw 12 carried by the arm 1 passes, with its head 13 positioned at the inner side of arm 9. A coiled spring 14 surrounds the screw 12 between the two arms and serves to relatively move them upon the pivot 10, in such manner as to yieldably grip the bowl rim between their lower ends. The arm 9 extends below the hook 4 and is provided with a nipple or the like 15 for attaching an electric light socket 16, while immediately above said nipple, the arm is bowed laterally at 17 to form a seat for the rim portion ofthe bowl.

If desired, the arm 1 may be provided with a lateral extension 18 having a hook 19 to support a bell light at the exterior of the bowl.

In order to properly engage the improved hanger with the bowl, it is simply necessary to press the upper ends of the arms 1 and 9 toward each other against the tension of the spring 14, thereby spreading the lower ends of said arms and permitting them to straddle the rim of the bowl. The arms are then released and the spring 14 relatively moves them to tightly hold the bowl rim in the hanger. The device may be easily and quickly applied to numerous forms of bowls and since no set screws or the like are used, such .as are employed on most hangers now on the market, a great saving of time and trouble is effected in hanging the bowl and in removing the same for cleaning.

Since probably the best results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they may well be followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made.

I claim:

A bowl hanger comprising a vertical hanger arm adapted for connection at its upper end with a chain or other suspending device, the lower end of said hanger am; having a hook to book under an out-turned ebowl rim, an ear integral with said arm over said hook, a second vertical arm having a lateral ear near its upper end pivoted to said first named ear, theupper end of said 

